Category Archives: Personal history

LQCs: Moral Collapse, the Paranoid Style, Deflection

Posted on Tuesday 17 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

(With an endpiece.) Paul Krugman is back from vacation. NYT, Paul Krugman, 16 May 2022: From Voodoo to MAGA to Buffalo I never thought I’d say this, but I miss voodoo economics.

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Richard Dawkins: THE BLIND WATCHMAKER (1986)

Posted on Tuesday 19 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This now 35-year-old book was Dawkins’ third, following the famous The Selfish Gene (summary here) and the less-famous sequel The Extended Phenotype (which I still have not read). If the first two were relatively straightforward explanations of evolution and natural … Continue reading →

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More on Bookstores

Posted on Sunday 17 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Quick post for today. Here’s an item in today’s paper about Barnes & Noble, which makes some points similar to my discussion here on the 11th. NYT, Elizabeth A. Harris, posted 15 April 2022, in print today: How Barnes & … Continue reading →

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How I Use Bookstores, Past and Present

Posted on Monday 11 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate, Jeff Deutsch, 9 April 2022: What Kind of Bookstore Browser Are You?, subtitled “We booksellers have seen it all.”

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Little Free Library

Posted on Friday 1 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

We have one of these near our house — a block and a half away. It’s been there for a few months now. We pass it frequently when doing short neighborhood walks. The contents are not impressive — mostly thrillers … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping and Bureaucracy

Posted on Monday 28 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

First of all today, I’ve tightened the home page of this site by removing the “pinned” profile post with my photo from the top of posts. Instead I’ve condensed that content, and the photo, into the right sidebar. Second, I’ve … Continue reading →

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A Visit to Treasure Island

Posted on Sunday 27 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This is a post about our excursion yesterday, Saturday, which I already posted about on Facebook, but have expanded here somewhat. The photo is a panorama from the west side of Treasure Island looking south, showing the west part of … Continue reading →

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LQC: Sharpest Tools; My Tracking Spreadsheets

Posted on Wednesday 23 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Salon, Chauncey DeVega, 23 March 2022: New research on Trump voters: They’re not the sharpest tools in the box, subtitled, “Now there’s proof: Trump’s voters lack ‘cognitive sophistication,’ often believe Bible is literal word of God”

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LQCs: Happiest Nations; Social Constructs; Salesforce Park

Posted on Monday 21 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Yesterday we visited Salesforce Park, in the city.

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Musings

Posted on Wednesday 16 March 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I have several more links about the DST initiative, but for the moment… I’ve created a page on this site called Musings, which is now up there on the top menu bar, where I’m compiling links and summaries to various … Continue reading →

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